[Interview] Dangers of Microgravity For The Human Body

Microgravity is dangerous for humans. But if we want to conquer space, we need to know how to mitigate the negative effects. Join my discussion with Dr Danail Obreschkow from UWA. We talked about studying the effects of microgravity on human body, particularly eyes, and potential ways to deal with them.

🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:35 Flying on parabolic flights
• 08:49 What does weightlessness do to human body
• 14:17 Things we can't fix
• 17:44 Studying eyesight in space
• 25:01 Will artificial gravity solve it?

📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/mSz_F82LPGI

📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER
Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.
Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter

🎧 PODCASTS
Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/
Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/

🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain
Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday
Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday
Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday

📩 CONTACT FRASER
frasercain@gmail.com

⚖️ LICENSE
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Support Universe Today Podcast